Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- Vacations without Weight Gain & Flat Smooshy Tushies
Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.
Q. Hey Fitz. I'm heading out for a week's vacation on a cruise ship next month, and worried that once again I'll gain almost ten pounds while gone. That's what I've done the last few times I've gone on a cruise. How can I get around it? There is awesome food everywhere! Susan.
A. Susan, Susan, Susan. I'm shaking my head. The deal with vacations, cruises especially, is that they're a time for you to relax, get away from the daily grind and have some fun. Pigging out and gorging are simply not what you should be focusing on...wherever you are! Yes, there is a lot of tasty food on cruise ships. There is also a lot of yummy things available at your local grocery store every single day! That doesn't' mean you should run through the aisles like a lunatic shoving everything you can get your hands on into your mouth. Just because food is THERE, just because food is FREE, doesn't mean you have to eat it.
Sometimes there are days where you're just going to gorge yourself on something on something and that's all there is too it. You're like a bull on a rampage -- you're going to stuff your face, post-binge guilt be darned. We've all had these days -- whether it's PMS, stress, a run-in with your infuriating boss/husband/neighbour/mother. For most of us, they're bound to happen and the best thing we can do is binge-proof our house so that when we go overboard, it will be on something healthy, not an entire gallon of cookie dough ice cream, a jumbo-sized back of Cheetos or an entire family-sized block of cheese. 
Summer Slimdown Guide: Instant self-confidence boosters
When do calories really count?_thumbnail.jpg)
Summer Slimdown Guide: Calorie-free foods (or close to it)
